Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump says rival Ted Cruz’s image as a champion of the everyday American doesn’t square with the two $500,000 loans he failed to disclose from big banks to fund his 2012 Senate campaign. “He’s being a great hypocrite, wouldn’t you think?” Trump said Saturday at a Portsmouth, N.H., rally. “You know, he talks about he’s going to be Robin Hood, he’s... 

Australia will become the first major economy in the developed world to record a surplus since the start of the global financial crisis. Julia Gillard, the prime minister, has pinned her political future on a “Robin Hood” budget which includes sweeping handouts worth more than £3 billion to reverse her dwindling public support. Relying on extra revenues from mining companies, the Government... 

One of Romania’s most flamboyant politicians has been barred from taking his seat in the European Parliament because he is facing a police inquiry. Gigi Becali, a former shepherd who made a fortune in land deals, is accused of attacking thieves who stole his car. Judges upheld a travel ban imposed on him while the case is investigated. He says he intends to travel to Brussels to begin his five-year...